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[In a hurry]

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There are really many

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Yes, there are really many

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It's not even 9 o'clock yet

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I see a familiar name

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I'm proud

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Hyundai Rotem

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Amazing

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[Confused]

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Hong Kong Lunch

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[A subway station in Hong Kong]

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The reason I’m out so early is,

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I'm heading from

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Hong Kong to Shenzhen,

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and honestly, there are a bunch of ways to get there

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But today, I left early to film

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the most common way

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taking the subway

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 to Shenzhen

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[In a hurry]

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This is the Hong Kong subway map

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Now,

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to get to Shenzhen,

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 we need to take this light blue line

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If you stay on the light blue line

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all the way to the end,

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it connects straight

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to the Shenzhen border

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[Common scenery in Hong Kong]

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Back in the day,

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Hong Kong’s subway system

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 was run by two separate companies

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One was MTR,

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which we all know,

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and the other

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was KCR, used to go to Shenzhen

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The light blue line was

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operated by a company called KCR

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But MTR

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ended up merging,

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so now MTR

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 runs everything

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It’s actually really nice that

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the whole subway system

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 is all integrated like this

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It's very convenient

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Transfers are really conveniently done

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[Stopped]

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Now I have to transfer once here

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We arrived at a station called Kowloon Tong

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I took the green line,

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so to transfer to

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the light blue line,

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I just got off here

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and walking a bit

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It's a bit crowded station, actually

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There are quite a few people

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[Power walking]

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Most of Hong Kong's subways

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usually run underground

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But this light blue line

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mostly goes above ground

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[To Hong Kong/Shenzhen border]

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There are two checkpoints

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 to Shenzhen

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One is Lo Wu and the other is Lok Ma Chau

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There is no preference between the two

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depending on which direction you're going to Shenzhen

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or which area you are going to

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choose the checkpoint accordingly

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Trains also

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seem to come evenly

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One goes to Lo Wu

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then the next one comes to go towards Lok Ma Chau

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in this way

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So it's very conveniently set up

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Now waiting for the train to Lo Wu

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while waiting for the train

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Finally met my party today

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If you take this line all the way

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Most people are going to Shenzhen

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The higher you go,

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there are really many people

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Yes, really many

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It's not even 9 o'clock yet

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It's really amazing

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[Real-time movement information]

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This light blue line

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has more stations as it goes down

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The higher you go

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the distance between stations

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becomes very long

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So it takes a little longer than expected

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It seems to take a little longer

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There are not actually many stations

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but the distance is too large

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That's right

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In fact, many people go to Shenzhen

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only on weekends for tourism

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As I have been a few times

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There are a lot of people commuting

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Middle and high school students in uniforms

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There are really many people coming and going

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There are even a lot of college students and office workers

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who live there and commute

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 back and forth

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It seems reasonable

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Considering things like prices and housing costs

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it's much cheaper and better

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And since everything’s so convenient,

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 there’s really no reason not to live there

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[Economic Logic]

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Plus, a lot of people

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 go just to eat these days

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It’s kind of a trend now

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You can have three full meals over there

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- for the price of one meal here
- I know

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That's why on weekends, Hong Kong streets are empty

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Because everyone goes somewhere

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Mostly they go to China

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[Value for Money]

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We finally arrived

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We finally came

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It's 10:15 A.M. now

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We met at 8:30 A.M.?

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We met at 8:40 A.M.

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[Disembarkation]

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What’s really nice is that

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 you don’t even have to go outside

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Everything’s connected in one place

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Oh yeah, you just

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 follow the crowd straight through

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Just go where everyone else is going

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If you're not sure

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Because everyone goes there anyway

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if you follow people

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you can arrive in Shenzhen

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Also,

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for those using CSL in Hong Kong,

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they’ve got package deals now

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That's right

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So I’m actually getting

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about 3GB of roaming data

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 for free right now

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That's right

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- You can use it right away
- That's right

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That also seems to be a very convenient point

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You don't need to buy a separate SIM card

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Right?

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[Human Wave Tactics]

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First, we have to go through

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 Hong Kong immigration,

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and then go through Chinese immigration

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 right after that

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Up to here, the stores are

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- all Hong Kong stores
- Yes, that's right

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- Maxim, Circle K
- That's right

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[Passing through the ticket gate]

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How much is it?

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[About 7,300 KRW]
It came out to 41 dollars

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[About 8,500 KRW]
Mine is 48 dollars

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[About 8,800 won]
The price seems to be within about 50 dollars

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No matter where you come from in Hong Kong

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[Passed immigration]

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Actually, at immigration right now

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it took quite a bit of time

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It took over 30 minutes now

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For those with Hong Kong permanent residency,

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they can issue a card

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so they can easily go back and forth using a machine

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Without that, just travelers

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or those who only have a passport

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 seems to take a bit longer

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The foreigner line was a bit long

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But around

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after 10:30 A.M.,

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they opened two more lines

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Still, it was long

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So that’s how you get

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 from Hong Kong to Shenzhen by subway

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So far, it was

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How far have you been in Hong Kong?

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Bye-bye

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[Neighborhood under construction]

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[Shenzhen can be reached in about an hour and a half]

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HKL's three-line review 〈Going to China by subway〉
1. The most common route from Hong Kong to Shenzhen

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2. Beware of crowds on weekends
3. Foreigner immigration waiting time